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Whats going to happen over the next days? >> a hard and fast timeline of seven days. count it, roll to next week friday. once thats done youll have a move, a cloture vote to end the ability to have a big debate. from a legal perspective, exactly what you said leading up to this question. very limited if youre an fbi agent. not a criminal investigation. not like youre returning around chasing down leads, serving subpoenas, getting documents. youre going to knock on the door of mark judge. sits th...

Ford sent a letter with allegations to the "washington post," the post didnt run a story which does raise the question as to whether they substantiated any element of it. the post is the same newspaper that ran with allegations against the alabama senate candidate roy moore after checking out stories he was hitting on girls at the food court decades ago. not shy about running down leads. ford took a polygraph test, they are unscientific and cant be used in court. if you have a story, do you take...

>> why dont you tell us about what you have and why. >> i didnt want her to die. >> reporter: leilas mother told cnn via facebook, we are devastated and she was so full of life. look at our baby girl. she didnt deserve this. police say leila and her 12-year-old brother were home alone saturday when he saw an intruder leaving the house. he then found his sister stabbed, severely wounded. she later died. since then, police have been running down leads, but have no specific suspect. >> we are searc...

Look at our baby girl. she didnt deserve this. police say leila and her 12-year-old brother were home alone saturday when he saw an intruder leaving the house. he then found his sister stabbed, severely wounded. she later died. since then, police have been running down leads, but have no specific suspect. >> we are searching extensively in attics and storage sheds. it is a difficult area to search. its rural, remote. the grass is tall right now. >> there are empty homes and outbuildings around h...

Could be a very difficult case to solve. as of right now, sheriffs deputies out there canvassing neighborhoods, looking for any clues. this is a killing that is absolutely rocked this foothills community in the sierra nevada. its a rural community on edge. >> they had the helicopters going over our house last night. >> reporter: a place where doors often go unlocked, now bolted shut. >> im sure a lot of families last night locked all their windows, locked all their doors for the first time. >> r...

Movements. >> you have that on that side. public safety, he mentioned. thats very limited in duration of analysis. once that expires, it starts to be die si territory, right? >> can you imagine this case being thrown out an technicality? that would be horrible. so thats a big issue. investigators are really running down leads. they do not believe these two brothers acted alone and they are looking at a handful of people who may have helped in connection with this. theyre being questioned and inv...

And an autopsy for this 8-year-old is scheduled for today. meanwhile, the family is still coming to grips with this incredibly tragic loss. the girls mother tells cnn, quote, we are devastated. she didnt deserve this. she was so full of life. cnns paul vercammen has more now from the valley springs area. >> reporter: it is a rural community on edge. >> they had the helicopters going over our house last night. >> reporter: place where doors often go unlocked now bolted shut. >> im sure a lot of f...

Aware of the vital importance of determining the identity of those responsible for this heinous act. we at the texas department of public safety, the divisions involved in this investigation, cid division, as well as texas ranger division and elements of the texas highway patrol are very proud of the combined efforts of all the various law enforcement agencies that participated in this investigation and brought it to the successful point it is today. most notably, recognizing the kaufman county ...

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